US sources say that NeXT Inc is likely to reveal its promised colour version of the NeXT Computer System on September 18: look for a box with a 25MHz Motorola 68040 processor, 8Mb RAM, 200Mb disk, three expansion slots, colour monitor and Pixar’s Renderman graphics technology – but no optical drive – priced between $13,000 and $15,000 to ship in the autumn; also forecast are two new low-cost systems that are said to undercut Sun Microsystems’ Sparcstation line and will feature the same pizza box design as the Sparcstation, use the same 68040 processor but come with a 100Mb disk only, and no slots.
